THE EFFECT OF SUGESTIC HYPNOTHERAPY COMMUNICATIONS TO ELDERLY DEPRESSION ON ATENTION, MEDITATION AND BRAIN WAVES

Introduction: life expectancy is 67.4 years, while in 2020, it is predicted that the number of elderly people will be 28.8 million (11.34%) with a life expectancy of 71.1 years. The number of elderly in Tasikmalaya who more than 60 years old is 35,405 people, while those who are more than 70 years old are 18,581 people. There are 1,494 mental emotional disorders in all groups, no specific data on anxiety and depression, especially depression in the elderly. Efforts to cure depression can be done with pharmacotherapy and pharmacogenomics such as psychotherapy: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy, psycho-religiousness, psychodynamic therapy, humanistic-existential therapy, group therapy, family therapy, and biological therapy (somatotherapy), psychoanalysis, psychobiological therapy, directive psychotherapy, person-centered therapy, hypnotherapy, narcosynthesis, play therapy, and psychodrama.

Objective: to investigate the effect of sugestic hypnotherapy communication on attention, meditation, and brain waves in elderly depression.

Method: The research design used in this study was quantitative with a quasi experimental approach with a pretest posttest group design. In this study, there were two treatment groups, namely Manual Hypnotherapy Suggestion Communication (KOSUHIMA) and Application Hypnotherapy Suggestion Communication (KOSUHIMO). Kosuhima is hypnotherapy using direct communication between hypnotherapists and respondents, while Kosuhima is hypnotherapy which is done using indirect communication using smartphone media, the hypnotherapy application has been installed on a smartphone / tablet which previously had to be downloaded in the play store and installed. This research was conducted at the Tasikmalaya. The population used in this study were all elderly more than 60 years of age. The population in this study was 94 people.

Conclusion: the 1st measurement p value> 0.05, which indicates that the correlation between brain wave scores and depression is not significant. The Pearson correlation value of -0.211, -0.271, 0.007, -0.084 indicates an average negative correlation with very weak correlation strength, as well as the second measurement Pearson correlation value is -0.006, -0.121, 0.030, -0.081, - 0.42, but there was a large change in the presentation of brain waves in Alpha and Tetha waves so that the depression score decreased. Attention and meditation 50.1 on the second measurement there was an increase in the average attention = 51.9 while meditation became 51.3.